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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador


Earthquake location 12.9195S, -88.5648WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Thursday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:32:02 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -88.5648° West, 12.9195° North, depth 65.055 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0vi. Unique identifier: us7000q0vi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.055 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 18:32:02 / May 22, 2025 @ 6:32 pm.

The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Cojutepeque (c. 48 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Vicente (c. 41 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Zacatecoluca (c. 39 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from San Martín (c. 39 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Libertad, San Martín, Panchimalco (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.5648° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9195° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.055 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km S of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-22 18:32:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-22 18:59:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 385 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 86 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q0vi Id of event.
Event Code 7000q0vi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0vi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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